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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

UK’s ‘quick-fix’ asylum policies criticised in damning MPs’ report

Asylum-seekers walking off boat.
The report raised particular concern about the treatment of unaccompanied children seeking asylum. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Headline grabbing policies such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims processed are failing to halt Channel crossings, which could double by the end of this year, according to a parliamentary report.

The home affairs select committee has published a damning and wide ranging report into the failures of Home Office asylum policies, including stopping refugees from crossing the Channel in small boats.

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